Lawyers association calls for investigation into hideous murder of Ali al-Hamami
Lawyer and activist Ali al-Hamami (Facebook) By Published date: 9 January 2021 16:14 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago
A senior lawyer and activist was killed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Friday after unknown assailants broke into his home, according to officials and local media.
A member of the semi-official Iraq High Commission for Human Rights tweeted that Ali al-Hamami had died of suffocation on Friday after a group of men entered his house in the Shatra region of the city.
According to the Dhi Qar Bar Association, Hamami s mouth had been gagged with tape and his house had been robbed.